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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2006
Parag Prakash Kulkarni, Tustin, CA (US);
Zhe Cui, Irvine, CA (US);
Parag Prakash Kulkarni, Tustin, CA (US);
Zhe Cui, Irvine, CA (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are unmixed fuel processors and methods for using the same. In one embodiment, an unmixed fuel processor comprises: an oxidation reactor comprising an oxidation portion and a gasifier, a COacceptor reactor, and a regeneration reactor. The oxidation portion comprises an air inlet, effluent outlet, and an oxygen transfer material. The gasifier comprises a solid hydrocarbon fuel inlet, a solids outlet, and a syngas outlet. The COacceptor reactor comprises a water inlet, a hydrogen outlet, and a COsorbent, and is configured to receive syngas from the gasifier. The regeneration reactor comprises a water inlet and a COstream outlet. The regeneration reactor is configured to receive spent COadsorption material from the gasification reactor and to return regenerated COadsorption material to the gasification reactor, and configured to receive oxidized oxygen transfer material from the oxidation reactor and to return reduced oxygen transfer material to the oxidation reactor.